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gmcgill |
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July 29, 2007 12:35:14pm |
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Re: Top 5 non jam band concerts |
Manassas, Dallas TX, early 70s
The Who, 1971, Dallas
Los Lobos, small club, Florida early 1990s
John Prine & Steve Goodman, Majestic Theatre, Dallas, TX about 1971
Joe King Carrasco & the Crowns, The Hot Klub, Dallas, Tx, 1983
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gmcgill |
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July 29, 2007 12:40:46pm |
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another 5 (or 6):
Willie Nelson (sort of premiering "red headed stranger" album) at Panther Hall in Ft. Worth, with Bob Weir and band as the opening act (around 1975)
Lee Michaels opening for Steppenwolf in Ft. Worth, 1968 or 69. My hearing has never been the same. Still see "Frosty" the drummer around austin and dallas.
The Sex Pistols, Longhorn Ballroom (Dallas Tx), must have been about 1976 or so). Punk rock meets a hardcore country & western ballroom.
Townes Van Zant, The Bottom Line, NYC, 1994 or 1995. Evidently a rare lucid night at the time, but just magic.
Doug Sahm, The Bottom Line, NYC, 1995 (He said, we were headed here in the 1960s, but got busted and couldn't come...we're going to play the show we would have played then....and he proceeded to play pure texas country psychodelics from his late 60s early 70s albums!!! In Doug's words, "it was a groove man, a real groove")
Bruce Springsteen, Gerties (small club in Dallas Tx on Lemmon Ave), essentially unknown in Texas and touring behind 2nd album (& the E street Band) in 1973 or early 74. A sunday night with 30 or 40 people in a nightclub that holds 250 or so, getting the show of their life!!! (with the band hanging out at the bar between sets (yes, sets just like a bar band). The guys had just come from Austin (The Armadillo World Headquarters).
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William Tell |
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July 29, 2007 01:05:36pm |
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I saw Nelson in the 70s with Kristoferson and they were both great, but it was a huge venue which detracted abit....lot of rednecks.
Lee Michaels was amazing back then--agree on the volume issue.
Good choices.
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gmcgill |
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July 29, 2007 01:16:30pm |
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GratefulDead
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Willie was sort of like seeing the Greatful Dead (I know, Blasphemy!) in terms of there being something different with each show. I probably saw Willie 100 times...small clubs, big arenas, the 1974, 75, and 76 "picnics", playing with others, etc. Fairly stable song list over the years, but each show had something different...a different vibe. To me, Willie is an American classic, on the same level with Louis Armstrong and Jerry Garcia. If you haven't, give a listen with an open mind to:
Phases & Stages
Red Headed Stranger
Somewhere over the Rainbow
At the time of those releases, these were VERY different.
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gmcgill |
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July 29, 2007 01:29:14pm |
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Re: Top 5 non jam band concerts |
Actually, I would argue that "Shotgun Willie", "Phases & Stages" and "Red Headed Stranger" were the "American Beauty" and "Workingman's Dead" of Willie's catalog.
Bias noted: I'm a native Texan and drove around in 1976 with a bumper sticker on my MG Midget (another story entirely...) that said "Willie for President"
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bluedevil |
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July 29, 2007 01:41:16pm |
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not blasphemy at all, but stone, cold truth. Willie is one of the greatest artists ever - and his playing is seriously underrated.
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barongsong |
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July 29, 2007 02:11:59pm |
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I'm gonna tone in on the Willie bandwagon great performer. I just never got to see his 7-7-89 equivalent performance.
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barongsong |
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July 29, 2007 03:13:01pm |
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OK not sure why this is but I really feel like I'm getting old when Willie starts covering the Dead. I guess more than us riders missed him now hat He's Gone.
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